Pancatapas, Pañcatapas, Pancan-tapas: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्):—(pañcan + ta) adj. zwischen fünf Feuern sitzend; s. u. tapas 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्):—1. n. am Anf. eines Comp. vier nach den vier Weltgegenden angezündete Feuer und die von oben brennende Sonne.
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Pañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्):—2. Adj. sich den eben genannten Feuern aussetzend.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Tapas, Panca.
Full-text: Pancatapa, Pancagnisadhana, Dirghatapas, Pancagni.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 58 - Code of Conduct for an Anchorite < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 20 - The rules of ablution < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 45 - The Fight between the Gods and Demons < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 3 - Benefits of morality < [Chapter XXI - Discipline or Morality]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 15 - The Birth of the Asura Tāraka < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
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